Proverbs By Language

"A tongue of a fool carves a piece of his heart to all sit near him. (Strauss, 1994 p. 136)"

"Natural folly is bad enough, but learned folly is intolerable. (1732)"

"Knaves and fools divide the world."

"If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. (William Blake)"

"He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, When fools pipe, he may dance."

"He is a fool that forgets himself. (14th century)"

"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

"Every fool is pleased with his own folly."

"The first chapter of fools is to think themselves wise. (Strauss, 1994 p. 879)"

"Fools live poor to die rich."

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

"Better foolish by all than wise by yourself."

"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. (William Blake)"

"A fool is ever laughing."

"You can catch more flies with a drop of honey than with a barrel of vinegar."

"Say it with flowers. (Patrick O'Keefe)"

"Go with the flow."

"If you got it, flaunt it."

"There are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught."

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

"All is fish that comes to the net."

"There is no smoke without fire. (15th century, Citatboken)"

"No fire without some smoke. (1546)"

"Fight fire with fire."

"Do not add oil to the fire."

"A burnt child dreads the fire."

"You always find something in the last place you look."

"Seek and ye shall find."

"Love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding someone whom you can't live without."

"The last will be first, and the first last."

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."

"First things first."

"The first step to health is to know that we are sick."

"First come, first served."

"Good fences make good neighbors."

"It is better to die on one's feet than live on one's knees."

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself."

"Faults are thick where love is thin. (1659)"

"The fat is in the fire."

"Fashion: a despot whom the wise ridicule and obey. (Ambrose Bierce)"

"Far from eye, far from heart. (14th century)"

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."

"Don't fall before you're pushed."

"Common fame is seldom to blame. (Strauss 1998, p. 662)"

"Fair play's a jewel."

"Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. (Strauss 1998, p. 713)"

"The eye looks but it is the mind that sees. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1175)"

"Experience is the best teacher."

"Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age. (Ambrose Bierce)"